How Staff Pursue Questions to Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Finlay, W. M. L.; Antaki, C.
Titel	How Staff Pursue Questions to Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 56 (2012) 4, S.361-370 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-2633
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01478.x
Schlagwörter	Adults; Mental Retardation; Questioning Techniques; Interpersonal Communication; Interaction; Caregivers; Residential Care; Recreational Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interaktion; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Freizeitgestaltung
Abstract	Background: When support staff use questions to instruct, advise or guide adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), or to solicit information from them, the interaction does not always proceed smoothly, particularly when replies are ambiguous, absent or not obviously relevant. That can lead to interactional trouble and dissatisfaction, or worse. Methods: We report on the ways in which staff members transform their questions over a series of conversational turns in order to solicit an adequate reply, and thereby to fulfil the interactional goal of the question. Our data come from approximately 30 h of recordings of natural conversation between staff members and adults with ID in two residential and one outdoor activities settings. Results: We identify seven practices by which staff attempt to resolve the dilemma between undue direction and premature closure. These include: expansion of the original question, simplifying its format, changing its content in various ways and realising its alternatives in physical form. Conclusions: We highlight strategies which produce answers satisfactory to both parties, and improve the quality of interaction between staff and people with ID. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10